FRONTLINE: Carbon Watch

WATCH VIDEO » In a series of short interview clips, investigative reporter Mark Schapiro will be explaining some of the complexities of this new carbon economy and what is at stake. Up first: What exactly is the international carbon market? READ MORE »

Trading Trees
One issue that showed promise of reaching a consensus in Copenhagen is the preservation of the world's remaining forests. The issue has long been debated in a U.N. program called REDD, Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest... READ MORE »

Cap and Trade and the New Carbon Economy NPR Listen to Mark Schapiro on Fresh Air talking about the cap and trade system, its development in Europe, and how big financial houses are gearing up to profit. READ MORE »	What Happened to U.S. Climate Policy? FRONTLINE/World Rolling Stone's Jeff Goodell reports on Obama's rough ride to Copenhagen and those behind "one of the most aggressive lobbying campaigns in history to block progress on global warming." READ MORE »
Marketplace: Clearing the Air on Carbon Credits Marketplace Listen to Mark Schapiro's interview on Marketplace, where he talks about his current Harper's Magazine cover story, "Conning the Climate: Inside the Carbon-trading Shell Game." READ MORE »	U.S. and U.K. Tangle Over Airline Emission Limits FRONTLINE/World Britain is the first European country to start enacting EU measures to cap airline emissions, causing several major U.S. carriers to respond: "See you in court." READ MORE »
Brazil: The Money Tree FRONTLINE/World In the new economy created by global warming, forests are becoming a valuable commodity. Promising not to cut them down is one of the most popular ways companies would like to offset emissions. READ MORE »	Copenhagen Q & A FRONTLINE/World We asked you to send in your questions on climate change for our reporter Mark Schapiro while he was in Copenhagen covering the talks. Many of you did, sending them via webcam, email and from the summit itself. READ MORE »
The Lunacy of the Last Day FRONTLINE/World Even on a normal day in the Bella Center, we suffered from information overload: there was the official daily program, press conferences, side events and presentations by the country delegations all competing for time. READ MORE »	Following the Money in Copenhagen FRONTLINE/World Carbon is becoming much like any other commodity but with one key distinction: It is designed not to be delivered (like oil or gold) but to be eliminated, presenting an array of potential regulatory challenges. READ MORE »

MORE STORIES ON CLIMATE CHANGE

GM's Money Trees
Read Mark Schapiro's companion story in the November/December issue of Mother Jones on the difficulties of turning a tree into a carbon offset. READ MORE »

Climate Change Experts Weigh In
Read what economists, lawmakers, energy executives and others say about the global challenge to reduce carbon emissions. READ MORE »

Heat
Correspondent Martin Smith has covered the breakup of the Soviet Union and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. But nothing, he says, matches reporting on climate change for its scope and severity. Watch his 2-hour FRONTLINE special. READ MORE »

More In U.S. Skeptical About Global Warming
More Americans this year than last believe there is no solid evidence that global temperatures are rising, according to a new survey by the Pew Research Center. READ MORE »

Tuvalu: That Sinking Feeling
Climate change experts predict that over the next 100 years the sea level, on average, will rise between six inches and three feet. How are these predictions already affecting the tiny Pacific island of Tuvalu? READ MORE »

Hot Politics
In this joint report from 2007, FRONTLINE and the Center for Investigative Reporting examine the politics and manipulation behind the Bush administration's inaction on climate change. READ MORE »

Brazil Tells U.S. Don't Bank On Our Forests
Brazil and the United States, the two key players in the REDD negotiations, are now squaring off. READ MORE »

The U.S. Ups The Ante On Forests
Vilsack said that his actions also reflected a new commitment at the USDA to deal with climate change and help stimulate a new green economy in U.S. agriculture. READ MORE »

Forest Talks Slow Over Corruption
During the last 24 hours of negotiations, a block of countries led by Papua New Guinea, with support from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Colombia, have resisted efforts to impose a package of safeguards to ensure the credibility of forest offsets. READ MORE »

Native Incentives
As the world's leaders argue about incentives for stopping deforestation, the indigenous leaders I've been talking to keep telling me that protecting the forests should be handed to them. READ MORE »